Hanoi, Sept. 9 -- As many as 20,500 new enterprises were established across the country in August with total registered capital of 326.1 trillion VND (12.3 billion USD), up 23.9% in number and nearly 2.8 times in capital compared with July, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

The average registered capital of a new business reached 15.9 billion VND, more than 2.2 times higher than the previous month and up 71.2% year-on-year. Meanwhile, 12,400 enterprises resumed operations, down 15% month-on-month but up 46.4% from the same period in 2024.

In the January-August period, 128,200 new firms were registered with total capital of over 1.25 quadrillion VND, up 15.7% in number and 26.1% in capital y...